Hot Topic! Measles

Seven cases of measles linked to Stoke-on-Trent school and nursery – an alarming headline on the BBC news website recently. Make sure you’ve got the latest key information about measles by checking our essential resources.

child lying in bed poorly in the background, teddy bear wearing a mask in the foreground

Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more.

[You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources]

Oxford Medicine Online – 8.5.6 Measles (chapter in Oxford Textbook of Medicine)

BMJ Best Practice – Measles Infection

Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Measles (Rubeola) clinical overview

Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Measles

Cochrane Library systematic reviews – Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in children

Royal Marsden Manual Online – Nursing care of patients with suspected or known infection: managing safe care

Patient Information

Measles, mumps, and rubella: should my child have the MMR vaccine? [from BMJ Best Practice]
MANAGING YOUR MEASLES [from Clinical Key]
Measles, Pediatric (Easy to read) [from Clinical Key]

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